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. 2021 Mar 29;99(6):skab101. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab101

Table 4.

Effects of BiW, EBV for protein deposition, and dietary protein supply on total tract digestibility of dry matter (DM), nitrogen (N), and gross energy (GE) (%) in male growing pigs

BiW1 EBV1 Dietary protein supply1 P-value
LBW HBW SEM LBV HBV SEM A R SEM BiW EBV Diet
DM 88.0 88.3 0.15 88.0 88.3 0.15 88.7 87.6 0.17 0.14 0.28 <0.001
N 90.8 91.5 0.29 91.0 91.3 0.29 92.7 89.5 0.22 0.12 0.43 <0.001
GE 88.2 88.8 0.23 88.4 88.5 0.23 89.1 87.9 0.19 0.07 0.77 <0.001

1Number of observations: 36 and 37 in LBW and HBW pigs, respectively; 36 and 37 in LBV and HBV pigs, respectively; 36 and 37 on the A and R regime, respectively.